Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-25

Tue Mornsian Church II Few In Number. Bp'
Mich In woSkePs.

The Mornvian Church II Few In Number, Bp'
Mich In woskers.
From the New York Sun.
The Moravians, or United brethren In
Christ, are not numerous communion, the
whole number Of their communicants In the
United States being only about ten thou.
sand /; but they have always been distin.
guished for their missionary zssL When .
band OF these faithful Christians 6rst settled
In this country, In the middle OF Lest century,
they at once began what proved TO DO extra
ordinarily successful efforts at the conversion
Of the Indians, and, though they have not In.
creased themselves - other churches have In.
creased, they have done an sstonishipR
amount OF work In heathen vangelization in
Asia and Africa They have bishOpa whose
functions are spiritual and not ecclesiastical,
In Germany, Great Britain, and the United
States, 10 which there are, all told, lsss than
$1,000 soula
The thirty fourth annual report OF the
board OF missions OF the American branch OF
the United Brethren In Christ shows tbat In
1856 more than SIS, 600 Was expended on mis-
siOus ct home and in Africa and Europe. The
collections were greater than In the year b.
fore, and the corresponding secretary Of the
society tells us that the " work has Q warmer
place in the hearts Of our people, " 90 that an
effort II To be made to raise 500, 0OO during the
present year to pay oti Indebtedness Incurred |;
for the Morsvisns, like other religious bodies,
follow the plan OF discounting the pious
liberality OF their membera Among the
gifts in 1876 was one OF 81, 600 from Mr.. Rufus
Clark, of Denver, Colorado, 10 build . theolo
gicsl training school st Shsingsy, In Africa,
to be named alter him and his Wifa The
school was opened last February with three
students, besides i've boys In the primary de-
pArtment The African work has proceeded
70 the satisfaction OF the secretary, the net In.
crease In members at the sixteen miaaion sta-
tions having been 1911 for the year, max ing
3,9iO In all. As compared with the results re-
ported by the missionary societies Of far more
numerous communions, these are certainly
very remarkable. Yet some OF the converts,
even the most hopeful, drop away, - 10 not
unnatural "Three or four native WOF keEs,"
the report tells us, "hsd fallen into sin dur.
ing the year and we're ex xpelled."
the Morsvisns 10 shown by the circumstance
that " at least thirty young men and women,
now In our college, have given themselves 70
the foreign missionary work." That u very
large number In DO small . communion.
These devoted souls are 20 anxious % assist
Morsvian society does not employ them.
"some other board will, and," in the words
OF the report, "they will be lost TO "a" II
seems that at this time, when missionary zeal
young people OF the Moravians are stirred up
on the subject more than q any other time 10
the history OF the church. The Rev. J. aill,
who preached the annual Sermon before the
m6etlng OF the 0Oof0 OF mloDbOoo ~ spring.
field, Ohio, last month, therefore called On
the United Brolhyen 70 give even moro
liberslly for miasi0pA and spoke contempt-
uousiy OF the paltyy total Of u, 500. 900 given
for the salvation OF 656, ,000, 900 human bSlnes,
when there n spent annually ol25, 900 900 On
drsss goods. ~, 900 on KID gloves, o6. OOO.
600 ON ostrich teathsrs, and q. .OO0. 600 for
tobacco. 70 say nothing OF rum.
The frontier missions OF the A0ravians
have been very sucCoasful during the year.
The board, Tor Instance, appropriated $500 Tor
the mission situatsd In Southwestern kan
80. and covering great extent OF tovyitoSy IN
the Arkansas Valley, and yet the report tells
uss "snother deuoWtuatt0n appropriated .
much 70 one town in Kanaas, and had On IN.
crease OF 70 members only, while The iucroaao
coming from the money ws sxpeadsd In the
Soniersnoe y more than twenty tines - greak
Tnsse are also Aorsvian mtssions In CsliRor.
na-vesy stony ground, ere not surpgisod
70 neer-in NsbFaaka, Ainnssosa. Aichisap,
sao oener Weeeesu statAs apd In Gouagal hoy
~ msx!ne progress eooouIa6lng 70 tko
ooaso. 4tohiGan u spobea ol 9 he 800
0os fee0y % recoavo A0gNvtaniam. q Tho
oes lncseecc " toe ombosship OF TIE church.
inciuoing sbe foseagn asl6, = Ia Il0" oeooed.
s;!s, sSs % s.S e: ssPSst shs 4AS S;s IN 6os.
The noFsvians ass vhal 10 eallaA n Hv.a.
eelto.i church y the fallass ssnso a ~ ~.
~ dinangu,ahtoG 1safogo = 49, 1SoSISaS
ils!s -. s.l!s q .